Huntsville gazette., 1887-03-19

was moved, when, to the terror Of her
/ rescuers, it was found that the head and
! one arm were severed from the body az
| though done by q knife. Covered with
| the rubbish Of the wreck, as she lay there,
| no possible Identification of the remains
could be made, and after fruitless at
| tempts to remove her with their hands,
| the rescuers obtained saws and jack,
screws, and after much difficult work,
succeeded in extricating all that remained
| of the woman, who. but moment before,
| was full Of life. The body was first re-
| moved, then the mutilated and unrecog-
| niz4ble head and, finally, the arm. Ten
derly the remains were covered, and soon
after removed to Forest HILL and later
| taken to the city morgue.
Then near the stove, in each others
arms, were two other young women, both
dead evidently instantly killed their
heads crushed beyond recognition. They
also lay wedged in between the debris OF
| the wreck, pinned down so tightly that
| action was impossible and here again il
required jack-screws, levers and saws tt
| extricate the remains. One woman, who
| suffered only, and miraculously enough,
from slight injury to her feet, was re.
| moved from this impromptu coffin and
| carried home.
| Another woman lay cramped between
| two car seats WITH life extinct; not q
mark appeared upon her body to indicate
| how death approached. Extended with
| arms pushed forward, as though en-
| deavoring to ward off the crashins
| timbers which fell about but which die
| not touch her, she lay there as ca map
pearing as though in sleep. But the awfu
position in which the body lay left NJ
doubt but that, in the upheaval OF tht
overturning car, the woman became
wedged between the seats aud her young
life slowly crept from the frail body. ii
was an awful sight Right at her elbow
was another less fortunate, who, while
killed, must have suffe ed terrible agony
before death relieved her.
The majority Of passengers in the cars
which plunged to death were women, all
| young, happy, hopeful creatures, whose
tiny sachels with carefully pre- pared
| lunches, told pathetically, as no words
possibly can, the circumstances of theii
| daily lives.
| Ben Goldsmith, resident of West Rox-
! bury, was one Of the fortunate passen-
gers. He was in the last car to land safe
ly on the further side of the bridg ge, and as
the car which followed his plunged back
ward and Down into eternity, he jumped
| through the rear of the car and landed
| upon the embankment safe, as the dying
[ cries were sent up from the com mmingled
and indistinguishib able mass below.
| In the first car that went down sat side
| by side Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Cardinal Mrs.
Cardinals head struck the side OF the
car, and she was instantly killed. Mr..
Cardinal escaped with his life. His in
| juries were summed up as follows: Sc
we're scalp wounds, confusion OF the chest
| with bloody eXpectoration, confusion OF
| the hip besides severe bruises on almost
every part of his body.
| In the smoker Mr.. Roundy, aged fifty,
was playing cards with Ed Snow, Harry
| Gay and Officer Lailler. Every one Of his
| companions were killed outright, and a
| few moments later Mr.. Roundy found
himself standing on the soft clay mud OF
Roslindale road, his clothing torn, the
| blood streaming from his face and head,
| holding in his hand the queen OF dia-
monds, the surviving relic, besides him.
| self Of game that will never be finished.
Roundy managed to get home, where he
| is now lying in critical condition
| Robert T. Abraham was jammed in be-
| tween the seats badly and his leg broken.
| His daughter, Nellie, was badly injured
| in many places about the limbs and body,
and all her front teeth were knocked out
and several of them were swallowed.
A pathetic sight was that of two girls
with arms around one another, clinging
| in the EN- brace of death. Both had been
killed by blows upon the head
One man was found sitting upright in
his seat, but stark dead, with blood fow
ing in several small streams from cuts on
the head.
The women had an awful time In getting
out. Many left their clothing, which was
torn from their forms. There were young
girls together, as if they had occupied two
seats facing each other. All those pinned
down in the cars had horrible fear OF
fire, and shrieke1 for assistance to escape
possible cremation.
Owing to the fact that many Of the vic
Tins were removed il the way above de-
scribed, it is imposs BILE to give an abso-
lutely correct list. Fully seventy persons
are believed to have been injured. OF
these a number will de The railroad
officials are making diltigent effort to
ascertain the exact number OF killed and
wounded, and will make report as soon
as possible.
scene yesterday afternoon and had po nted
out to them the supposed cause of the ac-
cident At the lower end of the hangers,
which supported the bridge, is cast
iron box. inclosing q clutch which re-
sembes two fingers of hand drawn up
to half circle. These clutches were
about two and one-half inches
wide and one and one-half inches
thick. Over the iron fingers was round
steel pinon, about eighteen inches long
and three inches in diameter One of
these fingers was compile ely rotted away
by rust, and the other rustcd about half
through. Thus the whole strain was
thrown on these weak fingers. aid it was
but natural consequence, when the en-
CINE had passed, that the finger should
break, and. one of it's supports being gone,
the whole b'.'i n : Y
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